WG Wearne (JSE:WEA) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.75 (As of Aug. 2017)

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What is WG Wearne COGS-to-Revenue?

WG Wearne's Cost of Goods Sold for the six months ended in Aug. 2017 was R159.0 Mil. Its Revenue for the six months ended in Aug. 2017 was R213.2 Mil.

WG Wearne's COGS to Revenue for the six months ended in Aug. 2017 was 0.75.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. WG Wearne's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Aug. 2017 was 25.43%.

WG Wearne COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for WG Wearne's COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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WG Wearne COGS-to-Revenue Chart

WG Wearne Annual Data

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.79

0.80

0.79

0.89

WG Wearne Semi-Annual Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.79	0.78	0.75	1.04	0.75

WG Wearne COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

WG Wearne's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2017 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	347.633	/	389.429
	=	0.89

WG Wearne's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	158.999	/	213.226
	=	0.75

WG Wearne (JSE:WEA) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin.

WG Wearne's Gross Margin % for the six months ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	158.999 / 213.226
	=	25.43 %

A company that has a moat can usually maintain or even expand their Gross Margin. A company can increase its Gross Margin in two ways. It can increase the prices of the goods it sells and keeps its Cost of Goods Sold unchanged. Or it can keep the sales price unchanged and squeeze its suppliers to reduce the Cost of Goods Sold. Warren Buffett believes businesses with the power to raise prices have moats.

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WG Wearne (JSE:WEA) Business Description

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Address

300 Acacia Road, Stonemill Office Park, P.O Box 1674, 3 Kiepersol House, Cresta, ZAF, 2118

Website

http://www.wearne.co.za

WG Wearne Ltd is a supplier of materials and contracting services to the building and construction industry with a complete building material solution. The company is involved in various big construction projects such as the construction of Rand Afrikaans University, the Western Bypass, the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme, Soccer City and FNB in Fairlands Johannesburg. It operates across South Africa with concentrated operations in Limpopo and Gauteng provinces. its products include sub base materials, concrete stone, road stone, dump rock, ballast stone, crusher sand, building sand, builders mix, plaster sand, generic concrete range, Wearne specialty concrete, high-performance concrete, base course materials and sub base materials.